GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| giddy | dizzy |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |